Ethnic Discrimination
I come from Australia. SYDNEY no doubt, where multiculturalism is what sydney is all about. But i feel within my own peer groups and just in general that i am discriminated for my ethnicity by other asians mostly. Caucasians that i know are pretty respectful and normal in comparison. I understand it and i dont get fired up about it but this week i've felt it a LOT!
I've been hanging around these two people a little more lately and so they have gotten to know me a bit more and they both did the whole "wtf?! why do you like all this asian stuff? you're so weird and funny" thing. I mean i understand but it's like i can't just fit in straight off for ME but for the Indian girl who likes this Japanese shit. It's not like i sit around and talk about that stuff all the time if ever. It just comes up after a while when people hang around me long enough. Mostly, people end up thinking its quirky and cool and i'm pretty accepted in the asian cliques. Just this week i feel fustrated that the way we look can be used to our advantage/disadvantage all the time.
Even when i changed physically. This year i got new glasses, lost a bit of weight and changed my hair and people started noticing me more, being friendlier and it's just pathetic.
It's embarressing to say that it was ONE of the reasons i didn't want to pick Japanese to major in for international studies. I'll be stuck with chinese/korean/japanese/filo/indo whateva otoku kids ....lol anime peeps also haha and maybe a few caucasian people but mostly not people i would hang out n i'll be sticking out a bit...yes i'm being prejudice and horrible too...i know there are also cool peeps that will be learning the language too xD
I went to these free japanese lessons they are holding at uni today. When i walked into the room i can't tell if it was paranoia or not but the room just went silent and everyone just looked at me a bit uneasy. I mean it's not uncommon for caucasian people either to learn japanese but it's a lil strange for indian people. =/ And yeah i've dipped my feet into ABC culture in sydney but so what! i don't think i should be judged.
I wished these physical boundaries did not exist...but then the world wouldn't be as shit and unfair as it is now aye? -.-'
I've been hanging around these two people a little more lately and so they have gotten to know me a bit more and they both did the whole "wtf?! why do you like all this asian stuff? you're so weird and funny" thing. I mean i understand but it's like i can't just fit in straight off for ME but for the Indian girl who likes this Japanese shit. It's not like i sit around and talk about that stuff all the time if ever. It just comes up after a while when people hang around me long enough. Mostly, people end up thinking its quirky and cool and i'm pretty accepted in the asian cliques. Just this week i feel fustrated that the way we look can be used to our advantage/disadvantage all the time.
Even when i changed physically. This year i got new glasses, lost a bit of weight and changed my hair and people started noticing me more, being friendlier and it's just pathetic.
It's embarressing to say that it was ONE of the reasons i didn't want to pick Japanese to major in for international studies. I'll be stuck with chinese/korean/japanese/filo/indo whateva otoku kids ....lol anime peeps also haha and maybe a few caucasian people but mostly not people i would hang out n i'll be sticking out a bit...yes i'm being prejudice and horrible too...i know there are also cool peeps that will be learning the language too xD
I went to these free japanese lessons they are holding at uni today. When i walked into the room i can't tell if it was paranoia or not but the room just went silent and everyone just looked at me a bit uneasy. I mean it's not uncommon for caucasian people either to learn japanese but it's a lil strange for indian people. =/ And yeah i've dipped my feet into ABC culture in sydney but so what! i don't think i should be judged.
I wished these physical boundaries did not exist...but then the world wouldn't be as shit and unfair as it is now aye? -.-'